What the records say
- When
- 882
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 51.19° N, 5.99° E
- Description
- 882 siege
Siege of Asselt
882 siege
The siege of Asselt was a Frankish siege of the Viking camp at Ascloha (Asselt) in the Meuse valley in the year 882. Though the Vikings were not forced by arms to abandon their camp, they were compelled to come to terms whereby their leader, Godfrid, was converted to Christianity.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of Asselt: Charles the Fat besieges a Viking camp, who have plundered along the Meuse, the Rhine and the Moselle”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Charles le Gros assiège les Vikings qui se sont repliés à Asselt (Elsloo ou Asselt, dans le Limbourg)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Армией конунга Годфрида Фризского были разграблены все крупнейшие южно-лотарингские и рейнские города (в том числе, Маастрихт, Тонгерен, Льеж, Кёльн, Ставло,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page